Where does “geweaxan” come from?

geweaxan (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

geweaxan (Old English): to grow, wax, increase, grow up, be made or...

Definitions

  1. to grow, wax, increase, grow up, be made or...

Ancestry of “geweaxan”, step by step

geweaxan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English weaxan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweaxanto grow
2Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
3Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
4Indo-European*h₂weks-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →